One day in 1985, a senior cadre in Shanghai came to a small mountain village in the Yimeng area, and when he saw an old woman with a slender figure and gray hair, she knelt on her knees without saying a word, and shouted excitedly: Mother, my son has returned to do filial piety for you!
The surrounding villagers were stunned to see this scene, and there was a lot of discussion in an instant, living in the village for decades, how could she have an extra son out of thin air, it seems that the official is not small! What is his identity, and what does it have to do with the old woman?
Today we will talk about the fate between this senior cadre and the old woman, and how they have formed such a close relationship.
The old man, named Ming Deying, was born in 1911 in a poor family, and her mother died not long after she was born, and then she fell seriously ill, which made her lose her ability to speak and hear, and became a deaf and mute person, which made the already unfortunate Life of Ming Deying even more difficult.
Later, when Japan's all-out war of aggression against China broke out, the Japanese shot and plundered, and did nothing wrong, in the case of war and chaos at that time, many ordinary people had to leave their hometowns and drift around in order to survive, and Ming Deying also wandered to Shandong, and was taken in by a village in the Yimeng area of Shandong.
Soon after, a matchmaker in the village saw that Ming Deying was not married and had reached the marriageable age, so she began to say goodbye to MingDeying.
At that time, there was a man in the village named Li Kaitian, because the family was poor and had not married a daughter-in-law, although the conditions were not good, but people were still honest and responsible, and he did not dislike that Ming Deying was deaf and mute, so the matchmaker began to match the two of them.
The first time the two met, Ming Deying agreed to this family affair, their lives were very difficult after marriage, and they often faced the situation of not having enough to eat, and sometimes they ate a meal without eating, when the village cadres looked at them pitifully.
So they were introduced to a job of guarding the tomb forest, there was a crop field around the tomb forest, so they guarded the cemetery forest, while planting some crops around the cemetery to maintain their lives, although the life was hard, but Ming Deying felt that such a simple life was very practical, and later the appearance of a person made Ming Deying and the Eighth Route Army involved.
In 1937, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out in full swing, and the Yimeng area instantly became the place of Sino-Japanese war, and the people in the Yimeng area were also plunged into the water.
By 1940, Japan had penetrated deep into the important hinterland of the Yimeng region and adopted a three-light policy for the Eighth Route Army, burning, robbing, and killing the eighth route army was the cruel Japanese way of dealing with the Eighth Route Army.
Suddenly, one day, Ming Deying was at home with a child, and at this time, suddenly a person covered in blood crawled in, which frightened Ming Deying a lot, and this person was exactly what we talked about at the beginning, Zhuang Xinmin, a department-level cadre in Shanghai.
It was at this time that Ming Deying and the Eighth Route Army came into contact, and zhuang Xinmin's base area of the Eighth Route Army at that time was attacked by the enemy, and under the fierce encirclement and suppression of the enemy, Zhuang Xinmin rushed out of the enemy's encirclement.
But also seriously injured, he dragged the injured body hard to crawl, after climbing a long way, he vaguely saw a thatched hut in the distance, which was simply her life-saving straw, Zhuang Xinmin tried all his strength to climb to the thatched hut, this is the first time to see the picture of the old man Mingdeying.
Although Ming Deying could not speak, but she saw the eighth route army soldiers covered in blood, she instantly understood everything, Zhuang Xinmin pointed to the Japanese army in the distance, Ming Deying reacted quickly, she dragged Zhuang Xinmin while carrying the child, hid Zhuang Xinmin in the house, just hid it and heard the sound of the Japanese army coming.
After the Japanese army entered MingDeying's house, it turned around a bit, and also asked Mingdeying about the whereabouts of Zhuang Xinmin, Mingdeying made two strokes, and casually pointed in a direction with his hand, the Japanese army saw that Mingdeying could not speak, and rudely searched the house, and did not find Zhuang Xinmin The Japanese army left.
After watching the enemy go far, Ming Deying rushed back to the house to see the injured Eighth Route Army, at this time Zhuang Xinmin had lost too much blood and was unconscious, Ming Deying knew that if Zhuang Xinmin continued like this, she would definitely die because of excessive blood loss, she was too late to cook, and Ming Deying, who was breastfeeding, immediately unbuttoned his shirt and squeezed out his own milk to feed to Zhuang Xinmin.
In the past year, there was once an Eighth Route Army who was too seriously injured and fell into a coma, Ming Deying used this way to save the Eighth Route Army, but this time Zhuang Xinmin's injury was too serious, fortunately, after drinking milk, Zhuang Xinmin woke up soon after.
Although The Matildas have no culture and do not understand war, they understand that the young man in front of them is a hero who went to the battlefield to kill the enemy, so the couple took good care of Zhuang Xinmin, and they were afraid that the Japanese army would search again during the day, so they put Zhuang Xinmin in the tomb, warmed him with the only quilt in the family, and carried him back to the house in the middle of the night.
After several days, he did not see Zhuang Xinmin's injuries improve, so Ming Deying went to the mountain to collect medicine, and the herbs he collected were boiled into a potion for Zhuang Xinmin to drink, but he still did not see any improvement.
Ming Deying knew that if he dragged on any longer, Zhuang Xinmin would be in danger, and early the next morning, Ming Deying risked his life to go to the market to find Lang Zhong and prescribe some medicines.
The wanton looting and plundering of the Japanese army made their lives very difficult, and there was not much food left in the family, Ming Deying hid the only rice in the family in the tomb, and the family relied on wild vegetables to fill their hunger and left the rice to Zhuang Xinmin.
After a few days, Zhuang Xinmin's health improved, he knew that this rural couple was a good person, cooking fresh porridge for themselves, but they ate wild vegetables themselves, and Zhuang Xinmin knew that the couple in front of him was his savior.
When Zhuang Xinmin was able to get off the ground and walk, he climbed hard in front of Ming Deying, got down on his knees, and said: Big Lady, you have the grace of saving my life and breastfeeding, and you will be my mother in the future.
Ming Deying quickly pulled Zhuang Xinmin up and pointed to the bed next to Zhuang Xinmin, meaning to let him rest more. At this time, Zhuang Xinmin did not want to stay here, afraid that the Japanese devils would search again, and then not only would he be in danger himself, but he would also be tired of the Ming Deying couple who saved him, and he wanted to return to the army.
After he explained this intention, he was stopped, and Ming Deying insisted on waiting for him to recover before leaving. Zhuang Xinmin could not resist Ming Deying, so he stayed behind to continue to recuperate.
After a few decades, Zhuang Xinmin's injuries were basically healed, and Ming Deying saw that Zhuang Xinmin had recovered almost completely, so he agreed to let him leave, and before leaving, Zhuang Xinmin knelt down in front of Ming Deying again.
With tears in his eyes, he said: Father, mother, I am leaving, the country needs me, wait until the Japanese devils are beaten away, if I can come back alive, I will definitely come back to honor you and thank you for saving your life.
Zhuang Xinmin bowed to Ming Deying and left.
After Zhuang Xinmin left, Ming Deying was thinking about him every day, praying for his peace and security, and she knew in her heart that she did not ask Zhuang Xinmin whether she could honor her in the future, but only hoped that Zhuang Xinmin could protect herself and no longer be hurt.
In the next battle, Zhuang Xinmin not only did not get injured, but also made a lot of merits, and went to the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan and witnessed China's victory.
After the founding of New China, Zhuang Xinmin was assigned to work in Shanghai, at this time he was already in a high position, and in his busy schedule, he had been thinking about Ming Deying and his wife, and had not forgotten their kindness. Zhuang Xinmin knew very well that if it were not for them, he might not have lived today.
In 1955, in order to find Ming Deying and his wife, Zhuang Xinmin, with the help of the local post office in Yinan County, found the two elderly people after many twists and turns.
At this time, Zhuang Xinmin learned that his Yimeng father was named Li Kaitian and his mother was named Ming Deying.
Back in the thatched hut, I saw the two old men, although they had not seen each other for many years, but Ming Deying and his wife recognized him at a glance, and all three of them couldn't help but cry. This is the beginning of the story, when Zhuang Xinmin saw Ming Deying again.
Zhuang Xinmin did not have the slightest mentality in front of Ming Deying, he treated his own parents like his own parents, telling them his subsequent experiences and stories, and how to drive the Japanese out of China, no matter what happened, and told them about what happened over the years.
MingDeying and his wife were extremely proud at this time, very fortunate that they saved this child, at dinner in the evening, Zhuang Xinmin said that he wanted to take the two old people to Shanghai, but it was convenient to take care of them, but was rejected by Mingdeying and his wife, although the thatched house was broken, but this was the place where they had lived for a lifetime, so they rejected Zhuang Xinmin's kindness.
Then suddenly one day, the organization expressed doubts about Zhuang Xinmin's disappearance for more than forty days during the War of Resistance, and even more did not believe Zhuang Xinmin's explanation, so zhuang Xinmin was imprisoned and sent someone to Ming Deying's home to investigate the situation, and Ming Deying pointed to the investigator to the tomb where Zhuang Xinmin lived, and then pointed to his chest, and then believed that Zhuang Xinmin was misunderstood.
When the investigator was about to leave, Ming Deying knelt down and compared, she meant not to kill Zhuang Xinmin, he was innocent. The investigators were also touched by the scene in front of them, and it was not long before Zhuang Xinmin was acquitted.
At the end of 1985, Zhuang Xinmin took his children to see Ming Deying, and at this time Ming Deying could not take care of himself.
After the local government learned of this matter, it rebuilt the house for them at the first time, and also awarded them various honorary plaques, giving them a living allowance of 60 yuan per month.
However, not long after, the old man Mingdeying ended his life forever in his sleep, without a little pain.
After the news of the death of the elderly Ming Deying reached Shanghai, Zhuang Xinmin knelt in the house and cried for a long time in the direction of the Yimeng area.
Although the old man Ming Deying has passed away, the deeds of the old man will never die, salute!